Toilet-seat hinge



July 3l, 1928. l J. w. BISHOP .TOILET SEAT HINGE Filed Nov, l, 1926WWWWWWMWWWM Patented July 3l, 1928.

UNITED ASTAT-Es l1,679,202 PATENTS OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. BISHOP, ory MUsxEGON, MICHIGAN, As/sIGNoIi To THEnImNswIcH-BALKH 'OOLLENDER COMPANY, or cIIIcAeO,v ILLINOIS, A-CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

TOILET-SEAT HINGE.

Application filed November 1, 1926. Serial No. 145,557. p

My invention relatesto hinges for toilet seats andrhas a specialrelation ,to means' for securing the hinges to the seats.

An object of the invention is to provide an insert yembedded in aseatwithdevices integral therewith for preventing its being dislodgedfrom position by the shocks to which it is subjected by reason of itsattachment to a hinge.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the description proceeds.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is a. plan view of a toilet seat and hinge embodying theinvention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional viewV taken substantially on the line2-2 of Fig. l showing the seat broken away and illustrating a fragmentof a bowl which carries the hinge.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure l.

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the insert embodied in thestructure shown in Figure 1 and Figure 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5of Fig. 4.

The insert l may be flat and has an irregular surface which may be duetoribs or corrugations 2 which may be on both 3o sides of the insert andmay extend from end to end thereof.

It may be provided with a plurality of enlargements 3 for purposes to bepresently described and the ribs 2 may extend over and about theenlargements. v

The insert may be a casting and may be made of malleable iron.

The toilet seat 4 may vhave a laminated wooden core 5 and its materialextends into the irregularities in the surface ofthe insert. The coremay have a coating 6 of hard rubber thereon.

In the process of making the seat a slot may be cut in the core and theinsert may be driven therein, the slot being of such shape as toaccommodate the enlargements 3. The ribs 2 on the insert bite into thecore and hold the insert securely in place.

The rubber coating 6 is then applied and vulcanized under pressure, thepressure operating to further force the material of the core into thegrooves between the ribs 2 and to render still more effective thesecurement of the insert.

The enlargements 3 may then be bored and tapped to provide internalthreads'f( and threaded members 8 secured to a hinge 9 in anyydesiredmanner may be screwed into the enlargements. c c e 'y y' While lhaveshown and described my invention as embodied in a closet seat having alaminated wood core covered with a veneer of hard rubber vulcanizedthereon, I reserve vthe right to embody the` invent-ion in seats ofother construction, asforexample laminated or solid wood seats as'wellas seats having a core of relatively inexpensive material and a veneer'of hard rubber vulcanized thereto. Furthermore, while my invention isshown in connection with a seat per se it is to be understood that it isequally applicable to the cover which forms a part of the seat in thebroader sense of the word and also each part of a seat where the seat ismade of two separate portions or wings and the word Fseat as used in theaccompanying claims isused i in its broader sense so that theapplication of the invention is not limited vto the specific disclosurein the drawing.

The invention is not limited to the other specific details of theconstruction illustrated and described but may be embodied in diversemodifications thereof. For instance the insert may be made of any of anumber of metals.

A substantial range of equivalents is contemplated within the spirit ofthe invention and scope of the appended claims.

I claim, 1. The combination of a toilet seat, a fiat metallic insertembedded therein and havl ing a corrugated surface for preventingdisplacement thereof, and a vhinge secured to said insert.

2. The combination of a toilet seat, a flat metallic insert embedded inthe reary portion thereof, ribs on said insert extending transversely ofsaid seat and a hinge secured to said insert.

3. The combination of a toilet seat, a fiat metallic insert embedded inthe rear portion thereof, ribs on said insert extending transversely ofsaid seat and a hinge for said seat including members threaded into saidinsert, said insert having enlargements thereon receiving said members.

4. The combination of a toilet seatv composed Of layers of wood, a flatmetallic insert embedded therein and having a corrulll) gated surfacefor retaining the insert in position and a hinge secured to said insert.

5. The combination with a toilet seat comprising a core of laminatedWood and a coating of hard vulcanized rubber thereon, of a flat metallicplate embedded in said core and extending parallel to the laminationsthereof and spaced from the inner surfaces of the top and bottom layersof said coating, said plate having a corrugated surface for retainingthe same in position and a hinge secured to said insert.

'6. The process of securing an insert having an irregular surface, to atoilet seat, which consists in Aforcing the insert into the seat,compressing the seat to force thematerial thereof into theirregularities in the Vinsert and applying a hard rubber coating to theseat.

7 The combination With a toilet seat comy as to prevent the Withdrawalof said insert Without simultaneously7 tearing awaya portion of saidcore.

8. The combination with aV toilet seat comprising a core and a coatingof hard material thereon, of a relatively flat metallic insert in saidcore adjacent the rear of said seat having a plurality of integralprojections extending laterally therefrom and penetrating Said core soas to prevent the Withdrawal `of said insert without simultaneouslytearing away a portion of said core.k

JOSEPH W. BISHOP.

